Cosmopolis (2012)

Cosmopolis Synopsis

New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28 year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father's old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan's exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric's bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock. Meanwhile, an eruption of wild activity unfolds in the city's streets. Petrified as the threats of the real world infringe upon his cloud of virtual convictions, his paranoia intensifies during the course of his 24-hour cross-town odyssey. Packer starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination.

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Bounding from the Harry Potter franchise into the Twilight movie series, pretty boy Robert Pattinson seemed to have the deck stacked against him in breaking out of the heartthrob roles he's built his career on. Lucky for him, David Cronenberg isn't worried that Twihard adoration will sully his work

We're dying to see what will result from the unlikely team of David Cronenberg and Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis, the new film from the Canadian director that's premiering at Cannes this week. Will Cronenberg be able to help Pattinson give the kind of performance that hasn't been evident in any of the Twilight movies?

What does a guy have to go through to get a damn haircut in Manhattan these days? If you’re Robert Pattinson, starring in David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Cosmopolis, the short answer is, "A lot." This clip from the upcoming movie gives you a pretty good idea of some of the hardships Mr. Twilight will endure in this Cannes Film Festival entry. Check it out inside.

So, it looks like pretty much none of this is happening in a real world, as much as it may look like authentic New York. Everything that Pattinson and the mysterious woman say feels arch and strained, and I promise that's not just Pattinson's stiff Twilight acting coming forward

If you're worried you're a little too excited about David Cronenberg's upcoming Cosmopolis, don't worry-- the new trailer for the film is surely even more excited than you are. Boldly claiming that it's "finally the first film about our new millennium," this glimpse at the film is longer than the ones we've seen before

Cosmopolis, based on the novel by Don DeLillo, centers on a young billionaire named Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) who, while riding in a limo across Manhattan to get a haircut, quickly loses his entire fortune and finds himself hunted by people who want him dead. The film has an incredible supporting cast that includes Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon and Mathieu Amalric.

If you're like us then your jaw has been on the floor since the first teaser trailer for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis dropped one week ago. In addition to showing us a very different Robert Pattinson than the one we've gotten to know in the Twilight movies, the preview also showed us that this could be the film that brings Cronenberg back to his roots.

It's not so much a matter of figuring out what's going on here as figuring out what isn't-- in the incredibly short span of this teaser, we see Pattinson shoot a hole thorugh his own hand, have sex with a woman doggy style in a limo, saunter through an alley like he's looking for trouble, and maybe that's him stabbing the dude in the face

Cronenberg’s film – an adaptation of a Don DeLillio novel – casts RPatz as Eric Packer, a multimillionaire traipsing across Manhattan in search of a decent haircut. Of course, the film will be about much more than that. There are deep-seeded discussions about sex, vulnerability and the damage inflicted by father-son conflicts. But the story promises to be long stretches of Pattinson in a tricked-out limo as he gambles on the financial futures of himself and those close to him.

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David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method - with Michael Fassbender, Kiera Knightly and Viggo Mortensen - still doesn't have a release date, but that doesn't mean he's sitting on his hands. The director is currently hard at work on his next film, an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis and today, courtesy of Caitlin Cronenberg, David's daughter, we have the first look behind the scenes.

Durand will return to human form for Cosmopolis, playing a bodyguard to a millionaire (Robert Pattinson) who spends a day in a limo on his way to get a haircut and manages to lose his fortune along the way. Other cast members include Jay Baruchel, Juliette Binoche

Whenever I think of Jay Baruchel, I think of the awkward, nervous guy from the Judd Apatow movies and Undeclared. Whenever I think of David Cronenberg, I think about movies like The Fly,Videodrome, and Scanners. Needless to say, it's a bit weird writing about them in the same story, but here we go.

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Farrell will play a rich guy who takes a 24-hour journey across Manhattan, losing all of his money, occasionally running into his wife (Cotillard), and being stalked by two men over the course of one very eventful day